Fire screen



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Patented F eb. l26, 1924.

HARRY .'B. HOPSN, GF .SPRNGFIELR MASSACHUSETTS.

riitr. SCREEN.'

'Application ledi November 6, 1922. `Seria1 No. '$99,452.

Vfllof'/JZZ tolto/1a 'it may concern.'

Be litknown that HARRY'B. HOPSON,

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, inthe county of Hampden and State ofllfassachusetts, have invented new Yand useful Improvements -in Fire Screens,

of which' the 'following is a specilication.

4'lheipres'ent invention relates to improve- 'inents inscreens 1or fenders for `fireplaces.

The Aobject of the invention is to provide afiire screen through *which the lheat from of Fig. 1; and

Fig.' Sis a front elevational view of the 4screen.

Referring to the drawings, the improved fire screen is located in front of a lire-place 4l and comprises spaced-apart right and left r5 and `6 and bridges across the-space between the-m. Boththe wings and the central portion 7 of the screen consist of rigid "frames which support screen sections preferably of wire mesh such asordinarily used in fire screen construction, the Wire being secured to the supporting frames in any suitable manner. The `wings V`5`-and 6 are of the an gular form, in horizontal section, which is shown clearly in Fig. l, each wing having a fi'oiit portion 8 which faces the fire-place and a side or end 9 which is disposed at right angles to the front portion 8, the ends 9 terminating in vertical edges adapted to abut against the outwardly facing walls at opposite sides of the lire-place. The front portions of the wings 5 and 6 may curve rearwardly to the plane of the free vertical edges of the ends 9, as shown at l0 in Fig. 2.

In the present screen, as in other screens designed for tire-places or the like, a wire mesh is employed of sutlicient lineness to insure against the passage of spar is therethrough, and it' necessarily'follows that the screen materially obstructs'the passage Aof heat from the iirefplace into the room. In

accordance with the present invention, however, the proximate margins of the wings 5 and 6 arespacedapart edgewise to provide between't'hem a wide opening 11 through which the heat from the lire may freely pass beyond'the wings (rand '6 of the screen. VThe 'central screen'portion 7 isfarranged `parallel vto the front portions V8 lof the wings 5 and and extends in front of the opening ll to arrest such -sparls or embers as may be thrown outwardly through said opening and thus to prevent them froi'nv escaping into the f room 4screen portion 7 shall not materially interln order to insure that the central fere with theV passage of -heat from the i'iroplace into the room, said screen portion 7 is offset laterally from the vertical plane of the wings 5 and 6 to provide spaces l2 between the vert-ical margins of the central screen section 7 andth'e adjacent vertical margins of the wings 5 and 6, thus ailiording convenient Aavenues of escape for the heat. `With the above described construction, the

central screen section 7 serves as a baille plate for the heatpassing through the opening ll. diverting vthe heat in opposite directions through the spaces 12 as indicated clearly by the arrows in Figsrl and 3. The upper portion of the central screenscction or baille 7 may be curved rearwardly, as indicated ai lf3 in Fig. 2 to conformto the curvature of the upper part'lO of thevvings 5 and 6. By Vrthus curving theupperport-ions of the bathe section 7 and the Wings 5 and 6, the 'escape of sparks upwardly from the fire-place into the room is effectively prevented.

The central screen'section 7 is-rigidly sup'- ported and connected with the other sections of the screen, i. e., the wings 5 and 6, by means of suitable rods 14 which are securely fastened to the frames of the several screen sections and serve to bind all parts et the screen together into a rigid unitary structure. It will be observed that the vertical margins of the central screen sect-ion 7 overlap the adjacent margins of the wings 5 and 6 sufficiently to prevent the possible escape into the room of sparks which may he thrown obliquely through the opening lll. By virtue of the above described construe tion, wherein the screen is provided with the ope-ning 1l at the. middle thereof and thilli) baflie section 7 is arranged in frontof this opening and spaced laterally from the adj acent portions of the screen, the heat isenabled to pass freely from the tire-place into the rooin while the escape of sparks into the rooin is positively prevented.

The invention has been herein described for illustrative purposes in an embodiment at present preferred but the scope of the invention is to be determined from the appended claims rather than from the foregoing description;

Claiins:

1. A fire screen comprising right and left screen sections arranged in the saine plane and spaced edgewise from one another to provide an unobstructed outlet opening for heat, and a third screen section extending in -front of said outlet opening and spaced froin the plane of said right and left sect-ions to -arrest sparks thrown through said opens ing and to divert in opposite directions the heat which passes through said opening.

2. A screen for fire-places or the like coinprising two fire. screen sections spaced edgewise from one another to provide an opening between theni for the passage of heat. and a third fire screen section located in front, of said opening for arresting sparks which inay escape theretlnough, said third section overlapping the proximate edges of the other two screen sections but being spaced laterally from said edges to provide unobstructed passageways through which the heat may pass freely from the tire-place into the room. Y v

2%. A screen for lire-places or the like coinprising right and left wings the front portions of which are disposed in the saine vertical plane and are adapted to face the hre-place`r said wing portions being spaced from each other horizontally to provide an opening between thein for the passage ot' heat, end portions extending at an angle to said front portions and adapted to abut against the walls at opposite sides of the dre-place, and a central screen section offset forwardly from the plane of the front portions of said wings and rigidly connected thereto, said central section being arranged in front of said opening to arrest sparks. which may escape therethrough and to serve as a battle to divert the heat in opposite directions so that it ina-y pass into the room without passing through theY niesh of the screen sections. c

fl. A tire screen comprising a inain screen portion substantially U-shaped in horizontal section adapted to be placed infront of ay lire-place or thc/alike with the ends of the screen abut-ting the. front walls at oppositeVV sides of the fire-place and extending at an angle the-reto and with the front of the screen offset forwardly from the plane of the front of the fire-place, the front of said screen having an opening therein for the passage of heat, and a baille sect-ion spaced forwardly from the plane of said opening for diverting in opposite directions the heat which escapes through said opening and for arresting sparks which inay escape througl'i said opening` said battle section being rigidly secured to the front of said inain screen portion.

A lire screen comprising a main screen .portion substantially U-shaped in horizontal section adapted to be placed in front of a lire-place or the like with the ends of the screen abutting the front walls atl opposite sides of the fire-place and extending' at an angleY thereto and with the front of the screen offset forwardly froin the plane of the front of the tire-place, the front of said HARRY B. HOPSN. 

